a.

1. 熱的
   The weather has been very hot.

   天氣一直很熱。

2. 辣的
   This curry is too hot.

   這咖哩太辣了。

3. 急躁的；激動的；猛烈的
   He's got a hot temper.

   他脾氣急躁。

4. 熱情的；熱切的
   She was a hot patriot.

   她是一個熱情的愛國者。

5. （性的）興奮的；惹人想入非非的
6. （消息等）最新的；熱門的
   Is there any hot news from the front?

   有前線來的最新消息嗎？

7. 【口】通曉的；興趣濃厚的[F][（+on）]
   She is hot on rock'n'roll.

   她迷戀搖滾音樂。

8. 【俚】新近偷來的
9. （爵士音樂）速度快，節奏強的
10. （尤指在兒童遊戲中）快找到目標（或答案）的[F]

ad.

1. 熱地
2. 熱切地
3. 憤怒地

vt.

1. 【口】使熱；給……加溫[（+up）]
   I am going to hot up some food for you.

   我去給你熱點飯。

vi.

1. 【英】【口】變熱[（+up）]
   The soup soon began hotting up.

   湯很快熱了起來。

2. 【口】變得活躍起來；變得危險起來[（+up）]
   Things are beginning to hot up in the Middle East again.

   中東的局勢又開始緊張起來。

adj.

1. having a high temperature.
   ▸feeling or producing an uncomfortable sensation of heat.
   ▸(of food) causing a burning sensation in the mouth.
   ▸informal (of an electric circuit) at a high voltage; live.
   ▸informal radioactive.
2. feeling or showing intense anger, lust, or other strong emotion.
3. informal currently popular, fashionable, or very interesting:
   the hottest club in town.
   ▸Hunting  (of the scent) fresh and strong.
   ▸(in children's games) very close to finding or guessing something.
4. (often hot on) informal very knowledgeable.
   ▸ [usu. with neg.] good:

   this is not so hot for business.
5. (hot on) informal strict about.
6. informal difficult to deal with.
   ▸(of goods) stolen and difficult to dispose of because easily identifiable.

v.